Labour & Employment Law

Corporate Attorneys Who Excel in Employment Law

The firm's Labour Law & Employment Litigation Practice Team represents management on behalf of a diverse range of clients from BFSI, IT-BT industries : Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Real estate, Communications, Hospitality, Construction, Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail, among others.

We have extensive counselling and litigation experience in virtually every aspect of the employer/employee relationship; Our trial attorneys have been particularly successful in representing employers in District and State. The Labour Law & Employment Litigation Practice team also represents employers in matters under labour act , including union organizing efforts, elections, collective bargaining, unfair labour practice trials and arbitrations.

Outside the Courtroom: Workplace Consulting, Training and Investigations

One of the most important functions of the firm’s Labour Law & Employment Litigation Practice does not involve litigation at all. Rather, it is assisting clients with routine, yet complicated issues that arise daily in the workplace, such as employee discipline or discharge decisions. sometimes the best advice is that which helps a client avoid litigation in the first place.

As a result, our attorneys frequently serve as outside resources to clients’ human resource or legal departments, providing counsel and advice regarding day-to-day HR, labour relations, and wage-hour issues. We regularly prepare employee handbooks and policies and procedures, including those pertaining to Pre & Post employment background verification, sexual harassment, and the PMLA and immigration law compliance. The practice also has assisted clients in establishing affirmative action plans, preparing employment agreements, and negotiating and drafting separation agreements for individual terminations, mass layoffs or plant closings.

In addition, we provide proactive guidance to clients through training, mentoring and counselling. Attorneys in this practice have provided diversity training, legally-mandated harassment prevention training, and supervisory training throughout the country. We have seminars and materials on a wide variety of issues of interest from a legal or HR perspective, and would be happy to work with you to develop a specialized training course that accomplishes your goals.

Finally, we conduct, assist, and advise clients regarding workplace investigations into allegations of harassment, discrimination or retaliation; employee theft or other criminal conduct; workplace violence; and violations of wage-hour law or corporate codes of ethics. A prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation not only helps an employer respond to, identify, and correct potential problem areas in the workplace, but also may limit or even eliminate legal exposure in certain situations. It seems like there is another news story about a company that failed to respond appropriately to allegations of wrongdoing practically every week. Let our Labour Law & Employment Litigation Practice help your organization avoid similar missteps.